I would agree with you. I was surprised to hear some of this comment from previous witnesses, because virtually every business owner in this country would qualify for a tax credit of some kind or another. To have their records open to access to information requests by anybody in the public, I think, opens up a whole new can of worms.
What does set the CBC apart from the other private broadcasters that we have in our country is the fact that they also have a different mandate. But given the fact that the taxpayers contribute on an ongoing basis to the tune of $1 billion-plus every year to CBC, and have done for quite some time, it does raise the whole question of what the public broadcaster should be using that money for and whether they should be disclosing other information.
Do you think it's reasonable that the CBC should be providing information if they're hosting something or entertaining somebody, or if they have travel and meal expenditures? Should salaries be disclosed not only of executives but also of any celebrities, for example? What about the top-paid celebrities that may work and be on the air? Or does that cross a line in terms of competitiveness? What about boards of directors and so on? What do you think? Should that be public information, or is that going to put CBC at a competitive disadvantage?